ACCOUNT OF THE MUSEUM’S CONGO EXPEDITION 

forest, the ground should be strewn 
thickly with half formed humus of rot- 
ting twigs, leaves, branches; every few 
yards there should be a prostrate giant 
.... half veiled with masses of vines. - - - 
and every mile or so there should be 
muddy streams, stagnant creeks, and 
shallow pools, green with duckweed, 
leaves of lotus and lilies, and a greasy 
green scum.... 
In addition to the government 
assistance in the matter of por- 
ters, which has been due largely 
to the personal influence of Mr. 
Jules Renkin, Minister of Colo- 
nies, courtesies have been ex- 
tended to the expedition in two 
other directions. It has been 
granted storage free of charge in 
every magazine of the Province 
Orientale, and has been allowed 
to get goods from the government 
storehouses. This latter privilege 
is of unusual importance as no 
money of any kind is used among 
the natives of the Upper Congo 
and the various kinds of articles, 
brass rods and accordeons, for 
instance, prized and accepted in 
trade among these tribes are so 

Congo anteater 
or Pangolin 
Striped Squirrel 
of the Congo 
Congo 
Horned Viper 
